Creativity Activity Service My email is missamy@lapazschool.org. June 30: Creative Spark: What is your dream vacation?
What you can do for class today:
Journal entries
Work on your project
Meet with Miss Kerry to discuss your project plans for the summer
Write specific goals for the summer vacation as they relate to your CAS experience
4 journal entries are due by the time that you come back to school in Sept. for CAS June 23:
You will be at ROW. Make sure that you are thinking about CAS and making sure that your evidence is clearly posted on your blog for the IB.
June 16:
Atlanta
June 9:
Plans for the summer. How will you incorporate CAS?
Journal entry due.
Options for class:
Meet with Miss Amy
Work on Journal entries
Work on project.
Please give a brief description of your CAS project for the yearbook as well as a photo. Send it to yearbook@lapazschool.org and copy me.
May 19: Journal entry due!
this is the 21st century and we need to redefine r/evolution. this planet needs a people’s r/evolution. a humanist r/evolution. r/evolution is not about bloodshed or about going to the mountains and fighting. we will fight if we are forced to but the fundamental goal of r/evolution must be peace.
we need a r/evolution of the mind. we need a r/evolution of the heart. we need a r/evolution of the spirit. the power of the people is stronger than any weapon. a people’s r/evolution can’t be stopped. we need to be weapons of mass construction. weapons of mass love. it’s not enough just to change the system. we need to change ourselves. we have got to make this world user friendly. user friendly.
are you ready to sacrifice to end world hunger. to sacrifice to end colonialism. to end neo-colonialism. to end racism. to end sexism.
r/evolution means the end of exploitation. r/evolution means respecting people from other cultures. r/evolution is creative.
r/evolution means treating your mate as a friend and an equal. r/evolution is sexy.
r/evolution means respecting and learning from your children. r/evolution is beautiful.
r/evolution means protecting the people. the plants. the animals. the air. the water. r/evolution means saving this planet.
Assata Shakur
April 20:
What annoys you? Write a list and choose one that you could turn into a like!
3 journal entries due about your CAS experiences over the break.
Please ask for pledges for the tennis marathon and continue to share on your facebook page! What are you doing to move this fundraiser forward? Do something every day!
January 17: Journal entry due about your experience with the tennis marathon.
January 11: HOMEWORK for my groups: (Due Tuesday 8:00pm) Draw up a list of duties that you will perform for the tennis marathon. What do you need to do to accomplish these tasks? Who are the people that are working in your group? What tasks can you assign them in the upcoming weeks? Put all the answers to the questions and share it on a google doc with me and Jade.
Jan. 4:
Homework: 2 journal entries due about CAS activities that you participated in or did over the vacation.
The ninth grade will be joining us for some of this trimester and will provide valuable manpower for our projects.
Concentric circles under the Guanacaste tree where each 11th grade student will talk about their project in order to inform the 9th grade of what the options are for them to work on this trimester. (Make sure to have a list of projects on a sheet for next time.)
Objective: Each student will be able to articulate, for the broader community, what their project is and how it is creating change for the broader community.
Tennis Marathon Details and Teams
Jade will be the point person for the tennis marathon.
Technology: Christopher, Manuel
Marketing: Marco P.
Finance: Randy
Food and Beverages: Victoria, Sofia
Risk Management: Santiago, Christine, Tono, Lily
Human Resources: (includes chaperones/students): Joustinne
Music: Melodie
Logistics: Hugo
Nov.23: Melodie practice her presentation. Sofia and Frida practice their presentation. Work on journal entries and projects.
Nov. 2:
Presentations by Marco and Thomas, Victoria, Santiago and Christine, Christopher for feedback.
Meeting with Bernd:
Melodie, Toño, Santiago
Remember that CAS journal entries are due every 2 weeks or whenever you have something to write. Up to this point in the year you have to have 3 from the summer, and then 4 from this trimester. These journal entries need to focus on at least one of the learning outcomes.
Oct. 26: Stations:
TED talk station: Victoria, Randy, Sofia and Frida .... Melodie, Marco, Randy... Manuel, Thomas/Marco, Jade... Christopher, Hugo, Toño Each student will present his/her TED talk for feedback to their group. It was effective when... Next time try...
Santiago meeting with mentor
Joustinne, Victoria Sofia/Frida meeting with Bernd
Planning for CAS Night meeting with Rony.
Oct. 18: Stations:
Start practicing your TED Talks in one on one groups. First draft should be almost complete. You do not need your slide show yet... I will watch your TED talks and give feedback as well.
Meet with Bernt. You should have the next 3 questions answered. They are as follows: What is currently set or predictable? What is currently changeable or negotiable? What is uncertain/unpredictable regarding future development? These can quickly be answered on your blog.
Write journal entries. I will have writing prompts on tables.
Create a planning document.
Oct. 5: Today there will be different stations in the classroom:
Meet with Bernd: Effectuation Map one on ones.
Meet with Miss Amy: Project Planning and check in.
Work on TED talk: Use the document prepared by Miss Amy S. to plan your upcoming speech.
Work on Journal entries: Use writing prompts to help energize your writing.
Oct. 4:
Homework: Fill out the first 3 questions from the Effectuation Map:
What do I want to enable?
For whom/with would I like to take action?
What are the needs of the ones I'd like to be active for?
Post these on your blog with relation to your project. This will give you a concrete start to your project that we will work from for the rest of the course.
Sept. 27: Don't forget that your journal entry is due to me today!
Sept. 14: Last presentations and play Thomas, Manuel and Victoria's game
If you didn't finish your journal entry for Victoria's project, it is due as homework. Otherwise, an idea of what you have planned for your project in the upcoming week should be priority.
Journal entry writing time
Presentations that were started last week are due today for class. We will choose 2 of them and then we will help Victoria get ready for our field trip on Friday Sept. 9.
August 31:
Content objective: Students will understand the necessary reasons that they need to write journal entries consistently during their CAS experiences. Students will gather some tools that they can use to make sure that they are on track for the rest of the course.
3 groups of Creative problem solvers!
Brainstorm ideas that can help people remember to write journal entries that are consistent with the journal entry rubric.
Needed: Someone to write ideas on the poster board.
The journal entry rubric.
Instructions
Brainstorming was the brainchild of advertising executive, Alex Osborne, and quickly became the most widely used creativity technique in the world. Today, there are many different versions of the rules, but there were only four in Osborne's original account:
Focus on quantity.
Withhold criticism.
Welcome unusual ideas.
Combine ideas and link them together.
Advice for the Facilitator
By the end of the activity, your team should have come up with a large number of ideas, some of which could have great potential. Rather than treating the exercise as an end in itself, and letting all those ideas go to waste, use Affinity Diagrams to group related ideas together. Then, invite people to vote on their favorite ideas using the sticky dots, and discuss why they thought those were the best. Discuss what skills people need to participate fully, such as listening, encouraging, and persuading others. https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/team-building-creativity.htm
Debate: What is our problem that needs to be solved? How to find the motivation to do our CAS projects and project journal entries to meet the expectations set out in the rubrics?
Needed: project rubric and journal entry rubric
Generate as many ideas as possible to solve this problem.
I encourage you to debate these among your team and then hold the debate in the classroom next week.
Role play: Create role play scenarios that will lead your fellow classmates to create a CAS project that follows the project rubric. You could use a role model that you look up to in 12th grade and see how they have addressed this issue.
Needed: Project rubric,
Game: Create a game that people will play that will help them remember the 7 learning outcomes and how to achieve them.
Needed: Project rubric.
Was going to do this activity but not everyone had their journal entries turned in to me.
Content objective: To encourage teamwork throughout the IB process. Students will understand the grading process for journal entries.
Language objective: Read our journal entries from the summer. Read the journal entry rubric. Give feedback to another classmate by using: It was effective when and next time try.
Teambuilding activity:
Sept. 7:
Content Objective: We will work together with Victoria to prepare her lesson plans for our field trip to the CEN in El Llano.
Language Objective: We will
June 30:
Creative Spark: What is your dream vacation?
What you can do for class today:
Journal entries
Work on your project
Meet with Miss Kerry to discuss your project plans for the summer
Write specific goals for the summer vacation as they relate to your CAS experience
4 journal entries are due by the time that you come back to school in Sept. for CAS
June 23:
You will be at ROW. Make sure that you are thinking about CAS and making sure that your evidence is clearly posted on your blog for the IB.
June 16:
Atlanta
June 9:
Plans for the summer. How will you incorporate CAS?
Journal entry due.
Options for class:
Meet with Miss Amy
Work on Journal entries
Work on project.
Please give a brief description of your CAS project for the yearbook as well as a photo. Send it to yearbook@lapazschool.org and copy me.
May 19: Journal entry due!
this is the 21st century and we need to redefine r/evolution. this planet needs a people’s r/evolution. a humanist r/evolution. r/evolution is not about bloodshed or about going to the mountains and fighting. we will fight if we are forced to but the fundamental goal of r/evolution must be peace.
we need a r/evolution of the mind. we need a r/evolution of the heart. we need a r/evolution of the spirit. the power of the people is stronger than any weapon. a people’s r/evolution can’t be stopped. we need to be weapons of mass construction. weapons of mass love. it’s not enough just to change the system. we need to change ourselves. we have got to make this world user friendly. user friendly.
are you ready to sacrifice to end world hunger. to sacrifice to end colonialism. to end neo-colonialism. to end racism. to end sexism.
r/evolution means the end of exploitation. r/evolution means respecting people from other cultures. r/evolution is creative.
r/evolution means treating your mate as a friend and an equal. r/evolution is sexy.
r/evolution means respecting and learning from your children. r/evolution is beautiful.
r/evolution means protecting the people. the plants. the animals. the air. the water. r/evolution means saving this planet.
Assata Shakur
April 20:
What annoys you? Write a list and choose one that you could turn into a like!
3 journal entries due about your CAS experiences over the break.
CAS project rubric with 7 learning outcomes:
CAS journal entry rubric:
CAS writing prompts:
Feb. 8: Continue stations:
Gratitude cards need to be made still... Specific ideas for the people that made a huge difference.
Journal entries need to be written.
Finance needs to meet with me.
Your project planning needs to be well documented.
February 1: Homework for tomorrow night. Tennis marathon reflection along with a schedule of what you will complete for your CAS project in Feburary.
Stations!
1. Gratitude cards
2. Written reflection
3. Verbal reflection
4. My project goals for Feb.
Please ask for pledges for the tennis marathon and continue to share on your facebook page! What are you doing to move this fundraiser forward? Do something every day!
January 17: Journal entry due about your experience with the tennis marathon.
January 11:
HOMEWORK for my groups: (Due Tuesday 8:00pm) Draw up a list of duties that you will perform for the tennis marathon. What do you need to do to accomplish these tasks? Who are the people that are working in your group? What tasks can you assign them in the upcoming weeks? Put all the answers to the questions and share it on a google doc with me and Jade.
Jan. 4:
Homework: 2 journal entries due about CAS activities that you participated in or did over the vacation.
The ninth grade will be joining us for some of this trimester and will provide valuable manpower for our projects.
Watch CAS video from Generation 2017:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq9pGB1eksU&spfreload=10
Concentric circles under the Guanacaste tree where each 11th grade student will talk about their project in order to inform the 9th grade of what the options are for them to work on this trimester. (Make sure to have a list of projects on a sheet for next time.)
Objective: Each student will be able to articulate, for the broader community, what their project is and how it is creating change for the broader community.
Tennis Marathon Details and Teams
Jade will be the point person for the tennis marathon.
Technology: Christopher, Manuel
Marketing: Marco P.
Finance: Randy
Food and Beverages: Victoria, Sofia
Risk Management: Santiago, Christine, Tono, Lily
Human Resources: (includes chaperones/students): Joustinne
Music: Melodie
Logistics: Hugo
Nov.23: Melodie practice her presentation. Sofia and Frida practice their presentation. Work on journal entries and projects.
Nov. 2:
Presentations by Marco and Thomas, Victoria, Santiago and Christine, Christopher for feedback.
Meeting with Bernd:
Melodie, Toño, Santiago
Remember that CAS journal entries are due every 2 weeks or whenever you have something to write. Up to this point in the year you have to have 3 from the summer, and then 4 from this trimester. These journal entries need to focus on at least one of the learning outcomes.
Oct. 26: Stations:
- TED talk station: Victoria, Randy, Sofia and Frida .... Melodie, Marco, Randy... Manuel, Thomas/Marco, Jade... Christopher, Hugo, Toño Each student will present his/her TED talk for feedback to their group. It was effective when... Next time try...
- Santiago meeting with mentor
- Joustinne, Victoria Sofia/Frida meeting with Bernd
- Planning for CAS Night meeting with Rony.
Oct. 18: Stations:Oct. 5: Today there will be different stations in the classroom:
Meet with Bernd: Effectuation Map one on ones.
Meet with Miss Amy: Project Planning and check in.
Work on TED talk: Use the document prepared by Miss Amy S. to plan your upcoming speech.
Work on Journal entries: Use writing prompts to help energize your writing.
Oct. 4:
Homework: Fill out the first 3 questions from the Effectuation Map:
What do I want to enable?
For whom/with would I like to take action?
What are the needs of the ones I'd like to be active for?
Post these on your blog with relation to your project. This will give you a concrete start to your project that we will work from for the rest of the course.
Sept. 27: Don't forget that your journal entry is due to me today!
Sept. 14: Last presentations and play Thomas, Manuel and Victoria's game
If you didn't finish your journal entry for Victoria's project, it is due as homework. Otherwise, an idea of what you have planned for your project in the upcoming week should be priority.
Journal entry writing time
Presentations that were started last week are due today for class. We will choose 2 of them and then we will help Victoria get ready for our field trip on Friday Sept. 9.
August 31:
Content objective: Students will understand the necessary reasons that they need to write journal entries consistently during their CAS experiences. Students will gather some tools that they can use to make sure that they are on track for the rest of the course.
3 groups of Creative problem solvers!
Brainstorm ideas that can help people remember to write journal entries that are consistent with the journal entry rubric.
Needed: Someone to write ideas on the poster board.
The journal entry rubric.
Instructions
Brainstorming was the brainchild of advertising executive, Alex Osborne, and quickly became the most widely used creativity technique in the world. Today, there are many different versions of the rules, but there were only four in Osborne's original account:Advice for the Facilitator
By the end of the activity, your team should have come up with a large number of ideas, some of which could have great potential.Rather than treating the exercise as an end in itself, and letting all those ideas go to waste, use Affinity Diagrams
https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/team-building-creativity.htm
Debate: What is our problem that needs to be solved? How to find the motivation to do our CAS projects and project journal entries to meet the expectations set out in the rubrics?
Needed: project rubric and journal entry rubric
Generate as many ideas as possible to solve this problem.
I encourage you to debate these among your team and then hold the debate in the classroom next week.
Role play: Create role play scenarios that will lead your fellow classmates to create a CAS project that follows the project rubric. You could use a role model that you look up to in 12th grade and see how they have addressed this issue.
Needed: Project rubric,
Game: Create a game that people will play that will help them remember the 7 learning outcomes and how to achieve them.
Needed: Project rubric.
Was going to do this activity but not everyone had their journal entries turned in to me.
Content objective: To encourage teamwork throughout the IB process. Students will understand the grading process for journal entries.
Language objective: Read our journal entries from the summer. Read the journal entry rubric. Give feedback to another classmate by using: It was effective when and next time try.
Teambuilding activity:
Sept. 7:
Content Objective: We will work together with Victoria to prepare her lesson plans for our field trip to the CEN in El Llano.
Language Objective: We will